Natural hazards · Durant

Durant, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Durant comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1981. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Durant?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Durant to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes39%Inland flooding19%Heat waves13%Cold waves7%Hail7%Ice storms6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Durant faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Tornadoes

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Durant flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Durant, from FEMA’s records.

7paid claims since 1981

$42Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Durant isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Bryan County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

146flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

46storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Durant

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Durant itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Durant.

Brought FEMA money into DurantDeclared for Bryan County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$18K to the City of Durant for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$16K to the City of Durant for repairs

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

119 households applied for aid $190K aid approved $200K to the City of Durant for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the City of Durant for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$19K to the City of Durant for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

41 households applied for aid $67K aid approved $20K to the City of Durant for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

2 households applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$21K to the City of Durant for repairs

Bryan County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Durant

Durant and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Armstrongmostly tornadoesModerate

Caleramostly tornadoesModerate

Durantmostly tornadoesLow

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Durant covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Durant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Durant. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Durant total about $9.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.